Have you seen the posts floating around the Interwebs about shipping containers converted into homes? They pop up in my Facebook news feed because people find them impressive. They are impressive. I’m all for reuse and building small. Here’s the thing that gets me about these shipping container houses – I’ve yet to see one built […]
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It’s been a year since a fire gutted the rowhouses on Woodlawn Avenue in Saratoga Springs, a huge fire that left 32 people homeless. It was set on purpose and sources close to the investigation say police have a good idea who did it. They are trying to gather enough evidence to make an arrest. […]
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It’s time for a round of Guess the Price. Fabulous prizes include the satisfaction of knowing you correctly guessed the list price on a selection of properties from around the Capital Region. Homes have been chosen, in all sizes and prices, from various local communities. The answers are asking price rather than selling price. I will post […]
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Academy Award-winning producer and director Ron Howard has sold his estate in the New York City suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut for $27.5 million, according to the Wall Street Journal and a post on the Fieldstone Group of Sotheby’s International Realty Facebook page. For a couple whose four children are grown – and who have the travel
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This week’s house is a striking Colonial overlooking the Great Sacandaga Lake at 253 Lakeside Drive in Mayfield. The 1,976-square-foot house has a stone component to the front facade, which sets it apart from the typical vinyl box. It is just over a decade old. The owners have 200 feet of lake frontage beyond the road, […]
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This week’s property is dramatic on the outside and decidedly unique on the inside. It’s a log house on 30 acres along County Route 353 in Rensselaerville, flanked on each side by state land. The home was designed and built by the owner in 2006. Several steep pitches in the roof frame banks of windows […]
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